Solo founder says YC accepted him to build his AI clone as a money-making operator

Solo builder Human Thomas says he got into YC with $40k monthly revenue and is launching Thomas, a virtual human whose only job is to make money.

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If an agent can reliably launch and run profit-seeking projects, it challenges assumptions about founder capacity and company formation, and could spur more agent-run ventures.

Solo founder says YC accepted him to build his AI clone as a money-making operator — Solo builder Human Thomas says he got into YC with $40k monthly revenue and is launching Thomas, a virtual human whose only job is to make money.

Human Thomas (#madebythomasai) said in a thread on X that he has been accepted to YC as a solo founder with $40k in monthly revenue and is building Thomas, a virtual human that starts and runs companies.

He frames Thomas as, in his words, the "first YC-backed AI founder" and says he "cloned" himself to create it. "Thomas is a virtual human who starts, runs, and grows his own companies. His only goal is to make money. Once launched, he works forever," Human Thomas wrote on X. More details and a landing page are live at madebythomas.ai.

https://x.com/madebythomasai/status/2060477947568349494

The concept positions Thomas as an agent that operates autonomously to build and grow businesses, with profitability as its primary objective. Human Thomas describes himself as a solo founder; beyond the revenue figure and YC claim, he has not shared additional specifics in the thread about how Thomas will select markets, incorporate, or handle execution in the physical world.

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